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1996 Shahid Afridi scores century in 37 balls for Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka
1996 Kevan James scores 103 and takes 4 wkts in 4 balls, Hants vs. Ind 1996 Shaun Pollock takes 4 wkts in 4 balls for Warwickshire in B&H 1996 Sri Lanka 9-349 in 50 overs beat Pakistan 315 all out, Singapore Jayasuriya hits ton in 48 balls, world ODI record at Singapore 1996 Jayasuriya hammers 82 off 44 balls (13x4 3x6) vs. England in WC QF 1996 Chris Cairns scores 120, 96 balls, 10x4, 9x6 in Test New Zealand vs. Zim 1993 Vinod Kambli scores 224 vs. England at Bombay, 411 balls, 23 fours 1990 Ian Smith 173* New Zealand vs. India, 136 balls, world record for no 9 bat 1987 Knuckleballer Charlie Hough on the mound, Rangers catcher Geno Petralli ties the major league record by allowing 6 passed balls 1987 Saul Ballesteros drives 3 golf balls off Mount McKinley, Alaska 1986 Viv Richards century off 56 balls vs. England in Antigua Test Cricket 1985 Vic Elliot pocketed 15,780 pool balls in 24 hours in London 1984 Greenidge scores brilliant 214 off 241 balls to win Lord's Test 1984 Viv Richards hits 189* (170 balls) vs. England, ODI cricket record 1982 David Hookes scores Cricket century in 34 balls 43 minutes, SA vs. Victoria 1982 Botham scores 208 in 225 balls, England vs. India at The Oval 1981 Botham scores a century in 86 balls vs. Australia at Old Trafford 1981 England set for innings loss vs. Australia, Botham hits 100 in 87 balls 1980 Shahid Afridi, cricketer, ton in 37 balls in 1st ODI innings 1978 Ump Doug Harvey ejects Don Sutton after discovering 3 scuffed balls 1975 Roy Fredericks hits 169 vs. Australia at WACA, hundred in 71 balls 1975 Hail stones as large as tennis balls hit Wernerville, Tennessee 1970 1st Test Cricket ton of Barry Richards, 126, 164 balls, 20 fours 1 six 1968 "Great Balls of Fire" reaches #1 1961 After 84 1/3 innings Bill Fischer gives up a base on balls 1961 Fred Trueman takes 5-0 in 24 balls to rip through Aussies 1961 Kevan James, cricketer, all-rounder 4 wkts/4 balls and ton vs. India 1996 1960 Michale Eufemia sinks 625 balls in pool match without a miss 1959 During a game in Wrigley Field, 2 balls were in play at same time 1958 Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" reaches #1 1956 Willie Mosconi sinks 150 consecutive balls in a billiard tournament 1954 Attempting to handle Hoyt Wilhelm's knuckleball catcher Ray Katt of Giants sets a major league record with 4 passed balls 1934 Babe Ruth draws his 2,000th base on balls at Cleveland 1906 New rule puts umpire in sole charge of all game balls 1861 Battle of Balls Bluff, Virginia (Leesburg, Harrison's Island) 1809 Wearing masks at balls forbidden in Boston |
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